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Brett of Perth Posted at 2:27 PM January 18, 2013

HMV gone now but youd have to think that Sanity, Blockbuster and Video-Ezy would have to be close behind

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woppadingo Posted at 2:28 PM January 18, 2013

Fluck em. They were all a rip off anyway. They sucked and I never shopped at any of em cause they were terrible.

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Truth Posted at 3:03 PM January 18, 2013

@woppadingo If you never shopped at those places, how would you know they sucked. Did you even read the article.

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No More Retail Posted at 3:05 PM January 18, 2013

Retail is finished. In 10 years they will be gone. I predict the Westfield shopping centres of today will be no more. Rental property is too high to compete with on-line. Sadly, we won't be doing any more weekend shopping, unless the majors are still there with their ultra-cheap ill-fitting clothes designed for the chinese frames, the next 10 years is going to be a sad sad time.

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IKA Posted at 3:33 PM January 18, 2013

on-line business model is going to kill retail shops and jobs. Don't be happy so early that you can get cheap stuff on-line. Your job will be gone soon.

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Leonie Posted at 3:34 PM January 18, 2013

Perhaps these places should have changed their business plans so that they moved with the times? HMV could have attempted some kind of online service, but they didn't. Now where are they? Going down the drain, there's where. There are also a lot of smaller retailers going under because everyone is shopping online, but instead of having an online presence retailers seem to prefer to blame the consumer. Business owners need to always be on the lookout on how to improve business, and shouldn't be intimidated by new technology, but embrace it.

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SSSD Posted at 3:39 PM January 18, 2013

I suppose the economy can adjust to the decline of retail, following the decline of manufacturing in Australia. Which industry is next and where does it end?

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Mike of sydney Posted at 3:48 PM January 18, 2013

Supplement Stores. There are so many everywhere how do they stay in business especially against the cheaper online market?

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Tommy Posted at 3:57 PM January 18, 2013

@ Leonie - clearly you have no idea. HMV had a large on-line business as well as streaming and also physical music venues. Having an on-line presence isn't the answer to everything. You need an engaging or value proposition that consumers want/need.

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Waza of China Posted at 4:05 PM January 18, 2013

HMV has been in this situation for a while and done nothing. Possibly managed and operated by too many old men.

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martin of perth Posted at 4:11 PM January 18, 2013

Whilst my comment can be countered by it a dog eat dog world, the internet and 7 billion world population is a dangerous mix. The internet stores provides work for less people, where as brick and mortar stores enables people to work and provide more service based work around shopping centre, food stores, transport etc. The more people shop on line the more these facilities will disappear and the more unemployment will grow in the western worlds. This is great for internet companies in the short term, but ultimately it is the start of the end of society as people will be unemployable and money dry's up to pay for the goods from the internet. The internet growth is a social disorder that hasn't had time to evolve with the world, it has taken over and we are set to be swamped by the poor lifestyle it will ultimately offer

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Gary Ashley of Daylesford Posted at 4:16 PM January 18, 2013

With all the money spent on the Internet buying from overseas, then there is going to be a lot of jobs gone and business close

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MissP Posted at 4:40 PM January 18, 2013

It was big record stores that put the little independent ones out of business, what goes around comes around and online are now doing that to the mega stores. it's called evolution

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